Racelicious.

[toujours_nigel]

dark_agenda has been hosting a Racebending Revenge ficathon on AOOO. The challenge is to alter the race of a white character, and see how that difference of race alters their narrative from the canonical presentation, in fiction of at least 500 words.

I... dawdled. I knew I wanted to play but I wasn't sure what fandom and characters to play with.

I live in a country where my race and putative religion are the majority. I haven't been discriminated against for my race--the media tells me I should be fairer, yes, but that's not quite the same, is it? The one strange white-privilege reaction I get is when people online assume I'm white, or are amazed I'm Indian, either because my English is so good, or because OMG Exotic India! It's a minor irritant, nothing more, far more indicative of the US-centrism of the communities I hang out in than of anything else.

My fandoms aren't ones that are particularly racist/racially-diverse. Most of them are myth-fandoms, anyway, which mostly does away with the race factor.  Renault's Alexandriad, while it certainly has Greeks think Persians barbarians, also has Persians think the same of Greeks--the colour of skin isn't much of an issue, the Greeks are darker than the Persians, like as not. *g*

Which left me with Harry Potter, where the racism is usually--in the wizarding world--about blood, rather than skin. I toyed with the idea of a black!Draco Malfoy fic--yes I'm obsessed, shush--but that didn't work. I'm not sure he'd deign to notice what Muggles and Muggleborns thought about him.

So instead, and following a bit of advice from the dark_administrator, I tried writing about the Dursleys' reaction to a biracial Harry Potter, whose father is black. The result was Moses among the Bulrushes, and I am stunned by how many comments I'm getting. Thank you.